Ruggero Grieco

Ruggero Grieco (19 August 1893-23 July 1955) was Secretary General of the Communist Party of Italy from 1934 to 1938, interrupting Palmiro Togliatti's two terms.

Biography
Ruggero Grieco was born in Foggia, Apulia, Italy on 19 August 1893, and he joined the Italian Socialist Party in 1912 after becoming a socialist while studying in Naples. He served in the Royal Italian Army during World War I as a second lieutenant, and he became a member of the PSI national secretariat in 1920. In 1921, he was among the founders of the Communist Party of Italy, entering its first Central Committee. Grieco sided with Antonio Gramsci after the party abandoned Amadeo Bordiga's views, and he served as Secretary General of the PCI from 1934 to 1938. In 1944, he was made director of the PCI's propaganda section, and he served as a Senator of the Italian Republic from 1948 until his death in 1955.